56 dead in bus accident in Pakistan

Karachi: At least 56 people, including 21 women and 18 children, were killed and several others injured today when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.The bus was headed to

Karachi: At least 56 people, including 21 women and 18 children, were killed and several others injured today when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

The bus was headed to Karachi from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the north-west when it collided with the truck near Theri bypass in Sukkur district of Sindh. At least 56 people were killed in the accident, Afzal Somoro, a police official, told PTI.

The rescue team shifted the victims to hospitals of Sukkur and Khairpur districts where emergency was declared. A doctor from Khairpur hospital said that 21 women and 18 children were among the dead. Fifteen injured were also being treated in hospitals.